On a similar note to Sam's suggestion, I saw a demo by Open Exhibits
http://openexhibits.org/category/software/ of their multi-touch image
browser - they just released a new version of their open-source sdk that
allows use of the Leap Motion controller (or several of them for more
users) - that way you can use a less expensive non-touch screen and get the
same or better effect. Been meaning to try this out but the time it keeps
getting away from me. Would love to hear of someone making it work.
-Derek

Derek Merleaux
@dmer





On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Andrew Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> We are looking into options for setting up a physical kiosk (touchscreen
> monitor and computer) in our lobby to allow visitors to our building to
> browse digital versions of some items from our collection. I see that
> Turning The Pages (e.g. http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/) provides a
> nice solution for this but I just wanted to see if anyone else had worked
> with something similar and might know of any other options (open source?)
> so that we can do a little comparing and contrasting. For some reason I am
> thinking there was a discussion a little while back about 3D digital
> collections browsing but can't seem to locate it and don't know it if was
> like the above scenario.
>
> I think since it's a kiosk style implementation and we are looking for
> apples-to-apples comparisons, we are interested in the physical,
> touch-screen turning of the page interaction rather than a browser pointed
> at a more pragmatic digital collections browser, at least at this point in
> the exploration.
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone that might have potential suggestions,
>
> -d
>
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